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NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 
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ATLANTIC CITY. N.J. 








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EXECUTIVE Dl RECTOR 
F»AST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER, MISSOUI.' 

Honorary Member 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ARMY NURSES 




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F»AST COM M A M DE R-l fSI - C M I E P 1 

Honorary Member 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ARMY NURSES 



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uUir National Assnriattnn of Army Nursrs nf Qllir (Until War 



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TjT HE question has been asked, "Why are those old Army 

Nurses feted and cared tor so tenderly at the National Encamp- 
ments of the G. A. R.? What good can they do for the Grand Army? 

TZ HIS question we leave for the veterans themselves to answer. They will 
tell you that in the grey-haired, bent forms of these veteran nurses many 
of them recognize the gentle face upon which their eyes rested when they 
first opened after the work of the surgeon's knife was done; or the cool hands 
that smoothed the fevered brow or held the cooling drink to the parched lips. 
These are the women who, in their early womanhood, filled with the same 
patriotism that sent to the defense of the flag their husbands, fathers, brothers, 
and lovers, went to the front to care for the sick and wounded. 

j| T can scarcely be realized in this age, when the glorious Red Cross, with 
its perfect system of trained nurses, has made the vocation of a nurse an 
honorable one, when our Government is employing women as nurses, what 
nerve and patriotic devotion it took for the young women of the sixties to 
brave public opinion and enlist for hospital and field service. 

A T the beginning of the Civil War, Dorothy Dix, that grand "Angel of 
Mercy," offered her services to the Government, and was appointed to 
enroll women for hospital nurses; but as she would take none under thirty 
years of age, scores of young matrons and maidens who had seen their 
loved ones march to the front, offered their services independently, and were 
enrolled by surgeons, generals and colonels of regiments, serving 
without pay and rendering heroic service. The history of the 
nurses of the Civil War has been an almost unwritten one. When 
the war closed they went quietly to their homes, and took up 
again the daily routine of woman s work. 

j| N 1881 Miss Dix invited all nurses whom she could reach to 
meet her in Washington, and many responded. An organ- 
ization was formed, called the Ex-Nurse's Association of the 
District of Columbia, to meet each year in Washington. Miss 




Dix was elected president lor life, but in 1887 her busy life ended, and 

Dr. Susan Edson succeeded her. She soon resigned, and Miss Harriet 

P. Dame filled the office until she too folded her hands, her work being done. 

flV T the Encampment in 1892, there were quite a number of Nurses at 
Washington, and as not nearly all were members of the Districl 
Association, Mrs. Addie L. Ballou of San Francisco, Cal., called them 
together and organized the National Association of Army Nurses of the 
Late War, with thirty-five members. Mrs. Ballou was elected president 
and Miss Hancock of Philadelphia secretary. The Association was to 
meet at each National Encampment. 

j]|l1 RS. Ballou was too far away to attend the two following Encamp- 
ments, and the little society held no convention, but when the National 
Encampment was held in 1895 at Louisville, Kentucky, Mrs. Emily E. 
Woodley of Philadelphia, at the request of comrades of the G. A. R., 
called the nurses present together and re-organized the Association. By-laws 
and rules and regulations were adopted, and Mrs. Woodley was elected 
National President and the document containing the formation of the 
Association was registered before a notary public in Louisville. Mrs. 
Woodley was continued as president for three years and did much to 
establish and strengthen the organization. 

7T HE object of the Association is to keep green the memories 
of those days of civil strife, to keep in touch with the Grand 
Army of the Republic in its efforts to perpetuate the grand principles 
for which the boys in blue fought and died, to seek out and aid 
unfortunate and needy nurses, and assist in procuring pensions. 
^tltv^^V^yW T\\ HOSE admitted to membership must be women ol good 
V^A r^ "J^^/S/W moral character, who served at least three months as a regular 

or volunteer nurse. Applications for membership must be en- 
dorsed by the applicant's nearest Post of the G. A. R. 



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5V I Cincinnatti n 1901 the title ol the Association was changed to National 
Association oi Army Nurses of the Civil War, instead of the "Late 

War," to distinguish it from the National Association of Nurses ol the 

Spanish- American War, 

jH ^ Act of ( ongress in \W*2 all nurses who were employed and paid by 
the Government are entitled t<> a pension o( twelve dollars ($12) pei 

month, but no pension is allowed the volunteer nurses, who tendered equally 

good service and endured the clangers and discomforts oi camp and held. A 

lull, however, is before Congress which it is hoped will be passed and which 

will place the volunteei on an equal basis with the regulai nurses 

jtt ^ Act of Congress, all nurses of the Civil War are entitled to burial in 
National C emetenes, and several sleep the last sleep at beautiful Arlington 

Ty, I JE hist organization of nurses of the Civil War was the Veteran Nurses 
Association, which was formed in Philadelphia during the war This 

was succeeded by the Andrew G. Curtin Nurse Corps ol Philadelphia, 

which was disbanded Julv 1 *-* M >. 

rfJ ASSACHUSETTS also has a Slate society, which meets regularly 
at the Stat- 1 louse. It has a membership of about thirty 

rjT 1 IE. following named ladies have succeeded Mis. Ballon and Mrs. Wood- 
ley as National Presidents: Mrs. Elizabeth Ewing ol Pennsylvania 



(deceased), Mrs. Ada Johnson of Missouri (two terms), Mrs. Delia A. B- 
Fay of New York, Mrs. Margaret Hamilton ol Massachusetts, Mrs. Addie 
L. Ballou of California. Mrs. Fanny T. Hazen of Massachusetts, (two terms), 
Mrs Clarissa F. Dye of Pennsylvania (two terms), and Mrs. Rebecca S. 
Smith of Minnesota. 

J^T HE officers chosen at the convention were: National President, Mary E. 
Lacy, Salt Lake City, Utah; Senior Vice-President, Catherine L. Taylor, 
New York City, N. Y., Junior Vice-President, Hannah J. Staibird. Reno, 
Nev.; National Treasurer, Salome M. Stewart, Gettysburg, Pa.; National 
Chaplin, Hannah U. Maxon, Galhpohs, Ohio, (deceased); National Con- 
ductor, Mary E Squire. Sheboygan, Wis.; National Guard, Elizabeth Chap- 
man, East St. Louis, III.; National Secretary, Kate M. Scott, Brook ville. 
Pa .; National Counsellor. Rebecca S. Smith. Minneapolis, Minn.; National 
Aide and Chief of Start .Lettie E. C. Buckley, Chicago, III., Surgeon, Nancy 
M I lill, Dubuque, Iowa.; Color Bearer, Susanna Krips, Philadelphia, Pa. 

A I Toledo Ohio, in 1908, Lafayette Post. G. A. R„ of New York 
t ity, presented an elegant silk Hag to the Association, which will wave 
a salute to the veterans at Atlantic City as they march in review and as long 
.is the G. A. R. and Nurses of the Civil War have enough veterans left to 
meet at Encampments. 




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PRIOR to 1901 . when Col. F. M. Sterrelt look the ^Association in charge, it Was not enter- 
tained at the National Encampment, us a body, nor seats provided for reviewing the parade, 
but since that time the Nurses oj the Civil W a r have been handsomely entertained by each 
City where the National Encampment is held, at good hotels, und every uttention given to 
each and all of them, ^At Cleveland, W ashinglon City, San Francisco, Boston, Denver, 
Minneapolis, Saratoga Springs, Toledo and Suit Lake City, the Association Was largely 

represented for such a small organization. Col. Sterrett at each Encampment has given personal uttention to their pleasure and 

comfort endearing him to ull these women veterans of the sixties. 

The following correspondence will explain how this little booklet came into existence. It being the idea of Col. Sterrett 
to give this tribute to the Nationul Association of Nurses of the Civil War. The Correspondence between Col. Sterrett and 
Miss Kate M. Scott, Nationul Secrelury of the Association, gives this in full. 



Atlantic City, X. J., March 17, 101, 



Dear Miss Scott, 



If possible for you to procure a photograph of each 
of the Army Nurses, with a statement of age anil service, com- 
piled in a paragraph and send same to me, I would like to use 
it in .1 booklet l<> which, I presume they would not object. 

I know the question of age with a lady is usuall) 
hedged with sour- hesitancy in answering, but since each of you 
served in the war of the rebellion which commenced, lacking 
one year, fifty years ago, the presumption is that none of von 
will answer to less than three-score and ten, and at thai age 
there will m>t be much hesitanc) in answering this usually 
delicate question 'if age. 

Very truly, 

(Signed) F M. STERRETT, 
Miss Kate M. Scott, Executive Director. 

296 Jefferson St. . 
Brookville, Pa. 

P. S. If you undertake and complete this wink 1 shall like In 
print above letter and your reply to the same. 



Brookville, Pa., March 20th [910 
t/,.l 1'' M Sterrett. 

Executive Director G, A k Encampment, 
Atlantic Citv, N. J-, 
My Hear Col. Sterrett, - 

Yonr favor of 17th inst. received, and I am at a loss 
how t<> repl) , for while I appreciate the honoi you have in view 
fur .air Association and the pleasure it would give the Nurses, 
I fear 1 cannot secure photos ami data for personal sketches in 
time !< ir vour | turpi ise, 

I could however, semi to each one a circulai letter 
a ski ne. 1 01 her photo ami facts in regard to her service, as will 
Ik- necessan to use 111 the preparation of the contemplated 
work 

Fraternall) yours, 

1 Signed K \TI M St OTT 



Atlantic City, X.J .March 24th [9:0 

Dear Miss Scott 

Yours of the 20th inst, at hand I wish you would 
write to each .a the nurses on your Rosier telling them of ill) 

plan to have each of their photographs in a little I klet foi 

distribution at the 44th National Encampment, and say to 



them, that the photographs must reach me by the first da\ oi 
fune, and that those which reach me later than that date, can- 
not he used. In this way the} could blame only themselves il 
the photographs and biographical paragraph did not appear. 
If vou will kin. IK take this matter up .it once and send me the 
cost of the work, I will take pleasure in remitting you the 
amount 

FMS-K Fraternally 

Signed i F. M S n.i; K i i T, 
Miss Kate M Scott Rxecutive Director 

296 Jeffersi >u St., 
Rrookville, Pa. 



that they should comprehend their little biograph within [00 
words and in no case more than 150 will be used. 



Rrookville, l\i , March 29th 1910 
1 >ear Colonel Stel rett 

Replying to your favor ol the 24th inst., I wish to 
assure you thai I will do my best 1 < > help you out in obtaining 

data for the Nurses 1 kle't and m\ idea 1-. to send out .1 

circular letter to each member of our Association, asking them 
to send you what you desire. Please let me know size ol page 
and just how much space will be allotted to each one 

I will make it plain that no length) biography will 
lie considered, and that nothing will be considered after June 1 st. 

1 'lease let me know whether vou approve of this plan. 

Fraternalh vours, 

I Signed 1 K vn. M St 1 iT 1 



FMe-K 

Miss Kate M. Scott, 
296 Jeffersi >n St. 
Brookville, Pa. 



Fraternally, 
I Signed 1 F. M. Nil' RRK1 1 
Executive I lirector. 



Col F M Sterrett, 

Atlantic City , N J 
Dear Sir , 

Vour letter jnsi received, and with its arrival conies 
proof ol the letter I am sending tail, which I will enclose for 
vour inspection 1 did not think of having a stenographer, 
but as the quickest and tor me easiest method was to have 
the letters printed, I have done so, and expect to h;\ve all 
ready to mail by Monday, lull will hold these until I hear 
from vou. 

I thought 1»\ confining them to the questions 
asked, I would get uniform answers. 

If \ 011 wish anvlliing added or have any suggestions 
to oiler, as 1 .mi under your orders, I will hold the letters 
until I hear fn tin vou. 

1 rati 1 ualh , 

K \ 1 1 M S< . . it 



Bruokville, l'a , v pril ,s, [91 



Atlantic City , N I April ist [910 

llear .Miss Si Ott, 

Yours of the 29th nit at hand Vour plan ol writ- 
ing a circular letter to each of the "Nurses with the series of 
questions mentioned is just right, and if you desire to employ 
someone to address and mail the envelopes, of course you 
should do so, Simply render the bill ami I will send you 
check forsame. Those who do not reply, will have them- 
selves to thank for being left out I would sax to the nurses 



I .1111 in receipt of a letter from Col F. M Sterrett, 
Executive Director ||lh National Encampment, 1'. A K , ask- 
ing that each member ol the Army Nurses Association furnish 
him with a photograph and information regarding service, etc 

for publication in the Encampment 1 klet. This iuformotion 

and photograph must be 111 the hands of Col. Sterrett on or be- 
fori June 1st. No later communications will be considered, 
I am, therefore, attaching to this letter a blank which when 



filled out by you will give information desired. Fill it i ut .it 
once, if possible, and enclose with photograph, mailing direct 
t<> Col. Sterrett, at the address given below. 

Fraternally yours, 

(Signed) Kate M. Scott, 
National Secretary, Association Annv Nurses. 



Col. F. M. Sterrett, 

Atlantic and New York Avenues, 

Atlantic City, N, J 
I >ear Sir,- 

The information herewith is sent you .it the request of 
Kate M. Scott. National Secretary Army Nurses of the Civil 
War, for use in the encampment publication. 

N.illle 

Present Address 
A Lie 



Name inn 


ler whicl 
service 


sen ice was given 


Length o 


Where ' 







Volunteer or regular ? 

Are you receiving a pension ? 



Atlantic City, N. J.. April Sth 1910 
Dear Miss Scott, - 

Yours of the 2nd inst. at hand. 1 think your cir- 
cular letter all right, and advise them to be senl out at once in 
order that we may give them as much time to answer as possible 
in the prescribed time. 
FMS-K Very truly, 

F. M. STERRETT, 
Miss Kate M.Scott. Executive Director. 

Brookville, Pa. 



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{Hrs. AMttr C. liUilliiu 

Past National F* r e s i d e m t 

Mrs. Ballou, .ii tin beginning ol the Civil War. offered her services to the 
Governor <>! Wisconsin .Sin- began hei service as nurse m camp l<>i the 
siclt of the Thirty-Second Wisconsin infantry al Oshkosh, and latei was 
commissioned by Surgeon General W al< otl at Milwaukee When the 
regiment reached Tennessee she w as sent with l^b sick soldiers to Keokuk, 
Iowa. On the return oi hei regiment to Memphi-. she served in the 
hospital barracks, and General Forrester s ( hurch nursing hundreds through 
a terrible epii lemi< 

Mrs. Ballon h.i- resided foi .1 number 01 year: al San Francisco, when 
she has won distinction as an artist and is well known in journalism She 
is a forceful, earnest speaker having published a much praised volume ol 
poems entitlt 1 1 "I )i 1 1 1 

Mrs. Ballou lost everything in the earthquake and fire al San Francisco 
and was subsequently hurl by .1 fall from a crowded street car. 



Hrs. Emily €. UunMcy 

Past National PpitsiD^MT 

Mrs. Woodley, in 1895 at Louisville. Kentucky, reorganized the National 
Association of Nurses of the Civil War at the request of members of the 
Grand Army of the Republic, as the association was practically disbanded 
• •wing to the inability of Mrs. Ballou. the National President, elected in 1892, 
to be present. 

Mrs. Woodley had fitted herself tor the work during the Cholera epi- 
demic in Philadelphia, and when the Civil Wat broke out, she at once went 
to tin- front, enlisting Mav 29th, Iftdl, doing excellent service until she was 
■ lis, harged May 26th, 1865. 

She served on the field with the Potomac Army and also in the west. 
During the war she was known as "Mother Wilson," by which she is held 
in loving remembrance by many whom she cared for during her service of 
four years. She served as National President from 1895 to 1898. 

Her whole heart was in the work and she did much to build up the 
organization. She died at her home in Philadelphia. May 15, 1908. Mrs. 
Woodley s last meeting with the Association was at the Encampment at 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.. in 1907. 





ifflrii. fclisabrtli UruJirll 3-tuinrj 

Past" National President 
Mrs. Ewing was elected National President of the Association at Cinn., 
Ohio in 1898 and served one year. Het husband, who was a member of 
the Pennsylvania Reserves, having been wounded at Malvern Hill, Va. 
and sent to the U. S. Hospital in Baltimore. Md., she at once went to 
nurse him leaving her young babe with her mother. After her husband 
recovered, she offered her services and was enrolled as a nurse by the 
Surgeon in charge of the U. S. General Hospital. West Building, Baltimore, 
in Oct. 1862 and was discharged in Sept. 1863. 

Mrs. Ewing's hardest work was caring for the Union Soldiers who were 
brought trom Southern prisons many of them so starved and emaciated that 
she had to feed them like little babes. She also nursed many confederate 
Prisoners. 

Mrs. Ewing died at her home in Phoenixville. Pa., in 1905, after a long 
and painful illness. 



ifliiiii Aita Jlnl)muui 



Past N a t i o r 



President 



Miss Johnson was elected National President at Philadelphia in 1899 
and served two years. 

When the war broke out she was leaching school at het home in Con- 
neaut. Ohio, but at >>\w offered her services to Miss Dorothy Dix, and was 
accepted. She served in the hospital in St. Louis, nursing the worst cases of 
wounded from the battlefield of Wilson's Creek. Springfield and Donaldson, 
also on the first hospital boat on the Mississippi river making scores of tups 

She went after the wounded at Corinth in a cattle car. her last service was 
at Camp Joe Holt, opposite Louisville, Ky. She remained until peace was 
declared, when she returned t<> St. Louis 

Miss Johnson's term of service was probably longest of any Civil War 
Nurse. She enlisted in August 1861, and served until November 1865, 
over four years. 

After the war she taught school for thirty years in St. Louis. She died 
January 10, 1910. Miss Johnson was a cousin of Major E. S. Johnson, 
Superintendent of Lincoln Park and Lincoln Tomb, Springfield, III., and 
was an honorary member of the Seventh Illinois Vol. infantry. 





Mrs. Urlta A. Ul. 3?ay 

R/vsiX National Preside mt 

She marched with her regiment and went on every battlefield in which il 
was engaged, caring t<>r the wounded in the face of shot and shell. 

Mrs. Fay. in the summer <>1 1864, was exposed to the heaviest fire .it 
Drury s Rluft Forty i>l hei regimen! were killed and many wounded. She 
escaped unhurt. 

Mrs Fay after the war closed, was offered a Major sC ommission by the 
Governor "I New York hut declined the honoi. 

She was afterwards m the Yorktown Hospital until the City was 
evacuated. She distributed supplies at Hampton I h.spii.J Imhu June I \ 
1865 until hei regiment was mustered out. She cared for her blind hus- 
band, caused Ky wounds, until he died. She died May 11. I'MIM 



ittni. ittanuurt ffiamiltuu 

Past National President 
Mrs. Hamilton was born in Rochester, N. Y., Oct. V), 1840. Her 
mother died in 1857 and three years later she became with her father's 
consent a sistei "I charity and after thorough preparation was sent to teach 
in the Orphan Asylum at Albany, N. Y. In the Spring of 1862 she was 
sent with three other sisters to the Satterlea U. S. Hospital at Philadelphia, 
her first duties being to care for the wounded from C hickamauga. 

For three years she did excellent service atler which she left the sisterhood 
and married a soldier of the nineteenth Maine Volunteers. She is now a 
widow and resides at Wakefield. She served as National President of the 
Nurses Association in 1903 — San Francisco. She receives a pension. 





iflrii. Jffanny QJttua ?iia=cu 

Past National. President 

Mrs. Fanny Titus Hazen is the granddaughter of a soldier of the 
Revolution and was born in Vershire, Vt. May 2, IK40. 

When she tried to enlist as a nurse. Miss Dix would not accept her on 
account of her youth, but she had two brothers seventeen and eighteen 
years old in the service and she begged to stay. Miss Dix sent her to the 
Columbian Hospital, Washington, where she served until it was closed, June 
27. 1865. 

Her youngest brother was one of the wounded brought to her from the 
battle of Cold Harbor, Va. 

Mrs. Hazen is a Past National President of the National Association, 
Nurses Civil War and President of the Massachusetts Association. She 
receives a pension. Her address is 61 Oxford St.. Cambridge, Mass. 



ittrri. (UaruhKi if. Dur 

Passt- National President 
In 1862 was Miss Clarissa F. Jones engaged in teaching but devoted her 
vacation to field and hospital work in company with Miss Marie McChllan 
of Germantown, Pa. 

In 1862, on the Steamer Maine, then with a pass from Miss Dix to Alex- 
andria, Va. and then to the Lyceum Military Hospitals until Oct. 1862. 
She reached the battle of Fredericksburg in December ahead of all others. 
In 1863 she nursed in the Second Corps Hospital at Gettysburg, having 
charge of the Confederate wounded. From Gettysburg to Rapahannock 
from which place she conducted supplies to Broad Stations which were 
supplied by tons from her home friends at Germantown. Mrs. Dye furn- 
ished a substitute for the war who served to the close with honor. 

After the war Miss Jones married Mr. John H. Dye of Philadelphia. 
She is now a widow and resides at 202 W. Rittenhouse St., Germantown 
She is over 77 years of age and receives no pension. She is the only 
woman who received a medal of honor during the war. 




Mrs. Srbrrrn g>. *?iniili 

Pa^t" National F 3 f* es i d e nt 

Mis Rebecca Smith was teaching school when an epidemic ol 
Diphtheria broke oul among th< soldiers in 1862, She at once went to 
care foi them, and after that was continuously on duty on th«- battle fields 
until 1864 

She nursed at Benton Barracks during tin greater part of her service 
Mis Smith was President ol the National Association of the < ml 
Wai \imy Nurses in 1909. 




ijanuali £. Palmer 

Pas^t National S eo t-t et a r v 
Miss Hannah L. Palmer was engaged for nine months in Columbia 

College Hospital, Washington, D C, under the direction of Miss 

I )oi "thy Dix 

Miss Palmel resides at Canastoga, N Y.. and is 83 years of ag«- She 
receives a pension of $12 pel month- Miss Palmer was Secretary of the 
National Association Nurses of the Civil War 18% I8*>7. 




ittra. iflary IBoby Carrji 

National President 

Mrs. Lacey. President of the National Association Army Nurses of the 
Civil War, was born at Plymouth, Mass., and when only fifteen married 
John H. Roby of Gloucester, N. J., who, a few months after, enlisted in 
the First New Jersey Infantry in response to the first call lor 75,000 men. 
At the battle of Cold Harbor, Va.. he was wounded and his wife took 
care of him at the U. S. General Hospital. Philadelphia. 

Mrs. Roby had offered her services as a nurse at the beginning of the 
War, but on account of her youth Miss Dix refused to accept her and she then 
went to Miss Anne Morris, who had charge of the Cooper Refreshment 
Saloon, where she was put to work picking lint and making bandages. 
From there she went to the U. S. General Hospital, where the most of her 
services were rendered. Mrs. Roby's husband died soon after the war from 
the efiect of wounds received in action, and later she married John E. 
Lacey who died in I8S5. Mrs. Lacey is sixty-six and receives a pension. 
Her address is 15 Wayne Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah. 




iflrs. (L'utljariur £. ©aylur 

Senior Vice-President 
Mrs. Taylor served as a volunteer nurse from 1862 to 1865 about three 

years in the U. S. General Hospital at Davids' Island. New Yurie Harbor. 

Mrs. Taylor had made application to go to the front as a nurse but Mrs. 

General Dix would not approve her application, saying she could do more 

at home, while others older were better at the front. 

Mrs. Taylor then residing at Dobb's Ferry, and had her own horse and 

carnage to carry loads of supplies and dainties for the sick and wounded 

soldiers, which the Government did not furnish, also furnishing food for the 

families and soldiers at the front. 

Mrs. Taylor resides at 891 Amsterdam Ave., New York City, is 75 

years of age and receives a pension. She is Senior Vice- President. 





fflrs. ijjamuih JIuMumi ^tarbiri) 

M a t i o im a l_ Junior Vice-President. A. A. M _ 
Mrs. Starbird under her maiden name. Miss Hannah E. Judkms of 
Skowhegan. was enlisted as a nurse in August 1 M* >-4 She reported at 
Carver Hospital, Washington, D. C. was there three weeks, then trans- 
ferred to St. John's College Hospital, Annapolis, Md where she remained 
until July 1865, when the hospital was broken up. 

Mrs. Starbird nursed paroled prisoners brought on the hrst boats 
from Libby, Andersonville, and other rebel prisoners, and says she cannot 
describe the poor, starved men with little clothing, then feet bound up in 
rags, covered with vermin and no one, not seeing them, could imagine their 
condition. Later the boats were met by the boats of the U. S. Sanitary 
Commission, and their clothing changed at sea, making it easier for the 
nui ses. 

Mrs. Starbird was paid thirteen dollars pel month as were all contract 
nurses. She is Junior Vice-President of the National Association and re- 
sides at 2646 Magnolia Avenue, Los Angeles, Cat. 



ittiiir. ttiaunah Ittla ilflaxnn 

N ATIONAL d M A F 3 l_ A I M 

Miss Hannah L'. Maxon became identified with the National Association 
of Army Nurses but a few years ago. She was made its Chaplain in 
1909. So marked was her ability that she soon won the respect of her 
associates and with her seeming good health, her energetic character and 
her charming manner she would soon have been a leader. 

Miss Maxon became interested in army work at the beginning of the re- 
bellion and served as nurse, in the hospital in her native town of Galhpolis, 
Ohio, till its close. By her zeal and activity she took a leading part and 
brought comfort and solace to many a weary one, who was far away from 
home and from the soothing hand to make smooth his dying pillow. Miss 
Maxon died May 26th 1910. 

"Father in Thy gracious keeping 
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping." 





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<M\a* tKatr Hi. *rnlt 

National Secfvet-ary 
Miss Scott served during Winter and Spring of 1861 — 62 with the One 
Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment at Camp Jameson, Va. She 
volunteered in response to a call from Colonel A mc/ Mc Knight for nurses 
for his regiment, many of whom were dying from fever and pneumonia and 
during the Winter was twice qiSaiantmed with Miss Ellen Guffy, her 
associate nurse, the latter being stricken with the dread disease. 

Since the war Miss Scott has been closely identified with her regiment, is 
a member of its Regimental Association being its secretary from 1879—91. 
She is 72 years of age, resides at Brookville, Pa. and has been Secretary of 
the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War since 1897. 

Miss Scott receives a pension by special Act of Congress. 



iflni. ^ahitur ffl. ^truuirt 

National Treasurer 

Mrs. Stewart served under the maiden name of Miss Sallie Myers. She 
was a volunteer nurse. She resided at Gettysburg and during and after the 
battle cared for the wounded in her father's house, which was used as a 
hospital and also in the Roman Catholic and United Presbyterian Churches, 
where the first Division Corps Hospital was opened, and in Camp Letter- 
man, the general hospital established east ol the town. Her services of 
three months were all voluntary. She does not receive a pension. Hei 
address is 228 Baltimore St., Gettysburg. She is the widow of the brother 
of a wounded soldier who died in her father's house. Her husband a 
Presbyterian minister died in 1868 of injuries received in the service. She 
was a teacher in the public Schools before the war, has taught for twenty- 
five years, and is now a substitute teacher in the Gettysburg schools. 

Mrs. Stewart has been Treasurer of the National Association of Nurses 
of the Civil War for seven years. She was appointed one of the enumer- 
ators of the late census. 




ittni. ittani IE. Squire 

Na-tiomal Oo n ductor 
Miss M. Emily Chamherhn enlisted at Washington Hospital. Memphis, 

Tennessee, May 1863, serving there till October when she was transferred 
to the Officer 5 I lospital for a service of two months, returning to the 
Washington Hospital in December. Here she remained until the first of 
April 1 864, when she was ordered to the Webster Hospital, remaining 
there until she left the service in June, 1 864 

Mrs. Squire is 66 years of age. Her address is Sheboygan. Wisconsin. 
She was ,i tegular nurse and receives a pension of $12 per month. 




iflm. iEluabfth (Dljapman 

National Gi u a w d 

Mrs. Chapman served three months as a volunteer nurse and then enlisted 
as a contract nurse for the balance of the War She was sent to Memphis 
as a regular nurse where the boys in her husband's regiment had measles. 
She was mustered out at Keokuk. Iowa, in Leighton House Hospital with 
an honorable discharge. She has been connected with the Association of 
Army Nurses since its organization and is now Past National Chaplain , is 
79 years of age and receives a pension of $12 a month. Her present ad- 
dress is 100-A N. 5th St.. East St. Louis. Illinois. 




JUra. Ertti* £. tLUtrkhui 

Mrs. Buckley served as a nurse, being enlisted by Sanitary Commission, 
under her maiden name. Miss Leftie E. Covell from October 1863 to 
June 1865 at Memphis in the Washington and Adams Hospitals at 
Memphis, Tennessee. 

Mrs. Buckley is 73 years of age and receives a pension. 

She has held several offices in the Association. Her address is 1955 
North Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois. 




ittra. £>uiuuma Ktxpa 

Mis. Krips enlisted as a nurse in 1863 serving with the Second Pennsyl- 
vania Heavy artillery for 5 months, also at Capitol Hill Hospital, Washing- 
ton, D- C. ; Jarvis Hospital, Baltimore and Hough General Hospital. Alex- 
andria. 

Mrs. Krips was prostrated with an attack of Typhoid Fever which de- 
stroyed the hearing of her right ear. During her illness she was attended 
by Dr. Elliott, Surgeon in charge and Miss Plummer, a fellow nurse. She 
belongs to the Association of Army Nurses and has held several offices. 

Mrs. Knps resides at 3334 N. Second St., Philadelphia, and is 68 years 
of age. Her term of service was 2 years and six months. She receive a 
pension. 





Irs. fHaru (C. Allium 



iWiTi. ittaru A. Astim 



Mrs. Athow served as a volunteer nurse foi eighteen months from Feb. 
I8M to close of the war in 1865. serving at I lolston I lospital, Knoxville, 
Tennessee; Sedgwick; Louisville, Kentucky; Camp Nelson. 

She served under Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer o( the United States San- 
itary Commission. Mrs Athow is the widow oi a veteran ol the Civil 
Wat, is seventy-five years of age and receives a pension ol $12 per month. 
Her home 1^ at 2ttt> Fox St., Aurora, Illinois 



Mrs. Aston served under Surgeon B. S. Kenderdme in the Hospital at 
Broad and Washington Streets and the Christian Street Hospital, Phila- 
delphia, from September 5th 1862 to .August I Ith 1865 as a Volunteer 
Nurse. Her husband being an invalid was unable to render aid to his 
country but was willing for his wife to do as her heart dictated and she 
tendered valient service, only being absent from duty two weeks during her 
husbands last illness and death. Mrs. Aston became deaf by the explosion 
of a cannon while engaged in performing her duties. 

She is 76 years oi age, lives in Philadelphia and receives a pension of 
$1 2 per month 




fflrii. S*llr Alter 

Mrs. Alter served as a volunteer nurse as Miss Belle Thompson. She 
began her work in September, 186^, in the Taylor House Hospital at 
Winchester, Virginia., being assigned to duty by Dr. S. Sharpe, who was 
surgeon in charge and assisted in caring (or the wounded from Frohus Hill 
and Cedar Creek battle fields until the middle of Jan., 1 865, when she brought 
home her brother. Captain Thompson of Company A, 40th Regiment 
Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was badly wounded and for two years she 
nursed him, a helpless cripple. 

Mrs. Alter is stxty-three years of age and resides at Port Royal, Penna. 
She does not receive a pension. 




Mrs. Htzatetff Uialiuiiiur 



Mrs. Baldndge served as a volunteer nurse for nine months at Memphis, 



Tennessee. She served under her maiden name, Miss Elizabeth Lee. 



Mrs. Baldndge is 77 years of age and receives a pension. Her address 



Pomona, California. 





ittrs. Anna 1. Slakfr. 



Mrs. (Balhnuxt ifl. Hrrk 



Mis. Baker served as a volunteei nurse in the Citizens Volunteer Hos- 
pital at Philadelphia foi four years. She is 92 years of age. Her address 
is 1122 S. 45th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

After the first great battle the wounded were sent in great numbers to 
northern points. Pemporary hospitals were established at Philadelphia and 
hundreds arriving ,il one time, whose wounds had not been care-d for. 
The firemen ol the city on tin- arrival of the wounded rang their bells and 
the volunteer nurses were always near to answer the call, remaining at the 
hospital as long as needed. As many as 2500 arriving in one day. 

The worst cases of sick and wounded were cared for until able to be 
sent to their homes or to other hospitals. Mis. Baker served in this 
hospital faithfully, nursing the sick and wounded, from September 3. 1862 
until August 9, IHM 



Mrs. Beck served five months as a volunteer nurse at Fort Leavenworth. 



Kansas, at which place she was living during the Civil War. 



She is 77 years of age and does not receive a pension. Her present 



address is 1060 Denver Ave., Los Angeles, California. 




ilra. Iflary E. ifll 

Mrs. Bell enlisted as a volunteer nurse. Her first work was at Coving- 
ton, Kentucky, assisting her husband, who was in the medical department, 
where there was an epidemic of measles. When her regiment reached 
camp (place not given) smallpox and spotted lever broke out and many 
died. She also served at the Jeffersonville, Indiana, hospital. Her service 
extended over three years but no dates ol enlistment or discharge are given. 

She was appointed Matron by Dr. Albright, Surgeon Second Ohio 
heavy artillery; is sixty-nine years of age and resides at Albion. Michigan. 




tSrurtrtta §>. a. {Bunnell. 

Mrs. Henrietta S. T. Bunnell a former War Nurse and widow of 
Sergeant David S. Bunnell of the I I Oth Pennsylvania Regiment died on 
the 23rd of June 1910, aged H2 years. 

During the Civil War Mrs. Bunnell rendered efficient service in Phila- 
delphia and Harpers Ferry hospitals. She received a certificate as a nurse 
from Governor Curtin. After serving throughout the war, Mrs. Bunnell 
was prominently identified wilh the Andrew G. Curtin Nurse Corps which 
dissolved a few months ago. 

Mrs. Bunnell was the mother of twenty-one children, six of whom sur- 
vive her, also eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildien. As a 
mother she stands pre-eminently, every one loved her and it is with sorrow 
the writer must announce at the coming Convention that the "little mother 
will meet with us no more. 




Hit;.. Itirlrn ifl. Ulunir-ll. 

Mrs. Burneil served undei hei maiden name, Helen M Becket, was a 
regular nurse in Adams Hospital Memphis, Term, foi Tw • • years and 
six months. 

She is now eighty years ol age and re ides al I I It) Windsor Place, S 
Pasadena. California 

She receives a pension ol twelve dollar; pei month 




HHra. Mary IK*. UUmumtnu 

Mrs Boyington's husband, a member ol Company L.. one hundred and 
fifth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, was seriously wounded at Gettysburg 
and she went to that field to care foi him, accompanying him when sent to 
the hospital at York, Pa., where she was enrolled as a nurse, serving from 
July, 1863, until March. 1664, when hei services received the warm com- 
mendation of the surgeons in charge 

She is 67 years of age and resides at Carner, Oklahoma. She does not 

receive a pension. She is Depart menl President ol ihe Association foi 
Oklahoma. 




iflriu Nattry iW, Uirmuu 

Mrs. Brown served as a volunteer nurse under her maiden name of Nancy 

M. Nelson, for eighteen months at West hospital, Baltimore, and 
about two years at Gratiot Street hospital Prison at St. 

Louis. After the war she returned to her home at Ashtabula, Ohio, but 

since the death of her husband, who was a veteran of the Civil War, she 
resides with her son in Florence Court Washington, D. C. She is 76 years 
of age and receives a pension of $ 1 1 




MtB ShuKiu £. Sir 



mini 



Mrs. Brown served under her maiden name. Sue L. McLaughlin. 

answered a call for volunteers from Governor Morton of Indiana, serving 

lor nine months on hospital boats on the Mississippi Rivei and in hospitals 
at Memphis, Tennessee. 

She is now the wife of S C. Brown, Commander of the G. A. R De- 
partment of Georgia and South Georgia. She is 74 years of age and re- 
sides at Fitzgerald. Georgia. She receives a pension. 

She with her soldier husband do active work in looking after the veterans 
in the South, and caring for the graves of the prisoners in Andersonville 
Cemetery. 




Ira. ifi. itt. UUimui. 



Mrs. Briggs was enlisted in IHbl by Miss Dorothy Dix. She served in 
the hospitals at St. Louis until 1862 when the Harvey hospital was es- 
tablished at Madison. Wisconsin bv Mis. I latvey wite of the Governor of 
that state who went to the South and brought from the fields and swamps 
one hundred and thirty sick and wounded Mrs. E. O. Gibson was in 
charge and Mrs. Briggs' daughters were with her. She remained heie until 
the war closed. Mrs. Briggs is now in he! 90th year and is spending her 
last days in the Old Peoples' Home at Elgin. III. She says. "1 am thank- 
ful indeed that 1 was permitted to serve my country. 




iflrs. 3cuuir ittatluuiHuiti UUillari) 

Mrs. Bullard enlisted as a volunteer nuise under her maiden name. Miss 
Jennie Smole. She afterward married a soldier, changing her name to 
Mathewson. Her term of service was Irom October. 1861 to May 1865, 
at Savannah. Georgia; Memphis, Tennessee; Chicago. Illinois and Farming- 
ton, Mississippi. 

She served as a volunteer nuise from October. 1861, until May 1862 
and from May. I8b2. until May, 1865, as a regular. She recerves a pen- 
sion; is sixty -nine years of age and resides at Desha, Arkansas. 





Mvb tfiauuali UUixtnu. 



iffln.. Ulrll lurap Clark 



NO SKETCH FURNISHED. 



Miss Bell V»rse served from July 1864 till the close of the war. She 
was assigned to duty at U. S. General Hospital, No. 3, Nashville. Tenn., 
July 1864. 

After working some time she received, upon the Surgeon s application 
through James Yeatman, Agent, for Miss L. L. Dix a certificate entitling 
her to a pensron in the Medical Dept. U. S. A. She did not leave her 
post until the last man was removed from the hospital in April, 1865. 

Mrs. Clarke's address is 139 N. 2nd St. Lewisburg, Penn. She served 
as a volunteer, is 76 years of age. She receives a pension of $12 per 
month. 





Him. Brll* (Cnuutu 



JHrs. Emily 3. (Hsrtuiright 



Mrs Belle Counts served from March 1864 until January 1865 .is (l Mrs Cartwright served undei hei maiden name, Emily J. Avery She 



alunteer nurse. She served al Pulaski, fennessee and also at Nashville 



before and alter the battle. 



She is 70 years of age and was attached to the 71st Ohio infantry He 



served over two years in Cincinnati. Ohio, in the Fourth Street hospital. 



She is 79 years ot age, was a volunteer nurse and does not receive a pension. 



address is Troy, Ohio She doi not receive a pension 



Her residence is at IS) Davis Avenue, Brooklyn, Mas? 




iflrs. iCamtir ifl. (Embratt 

Mrs. Cochran was appointed Matron and head nurse in the Simpson 
House Hospital, Keokuk, Iowa, and remained in that position from Nov- 
ember 1863 until October 1864, serving about one year under the direct- 
ion of Major M. K. Taylor, Surgeon of an Illinois Regiment by whom she 
was appointed. 

Her husband at that time was a clerk attached to the staff of clerks in 
the main office. They had from six to eight hundred wounded. 

Mrs. Cochran's address is 19 Eleventh St., Troy, N. Y. She is 67 
years of age and receives a pension. 




iflrs. tClartiuui (Cro&aati 

Mrs. Croasman served under her maiden name. Miss Clarissa Watters, 
for two years at Keokuk, Iowa. Her address is 2434 Wentworth Ave., 
Chicago, Illinois. 

She is 72 years of age and receives a pension of $12 per month. 




Mrs. Cross entered the service as a volunteer nurse in December 1863 
and continued one year and eight months serving in Lincoln General 
Hospital, Washington, D. C. Her present address is 4<ltt N. Mantua, St., 
Kent, Ohio. She is 70 yens of age and receives a pension of $12 pel 
month. 

Mrs. Cross was born in England and came to America, where her hus- 
band had preceded her and became engaged in the service of the United 
States. He sent for his wife and son and Mrs. Cross volunteered as 
nurse in a Lincoln Geneial Hospital. Thus for nearly two years husband 
and wife labored side by side, she canng for the wounded of her adopted 
country. 




iflrs. ifnutmi 0. DanifWi 



Mrs. Daniels was a volunteer nur?e and served at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 



hospitals number two and three. Time of service and by whom enlisted 



not given. 



She is 67 years of age and receives a pension. 




ifflrs. Sutli Danfnrth 



Mrs. Danforth entered the service of the United States through George 
H. Staurt, Chairman of the United States Christian Commission in Phila- 
delphia, July 1864. She was sent from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, 
where she was assigned to Torfen Field Hospital. At the close of this 
hospital, about September, she was transferred to Brown Genera! Hospital 
in Louisville where she continued until the close of the hospital in May 
1865. 

Mrs. Danforth served about I I months as a volunteer. Her address is 
R. D. No. 1, Box 38, Ontario. California. She is 85 years of age, and 
receives a pension of $12 per month. 




UStrfi, ifraumi A. Dirft'ruhnrljrr 

Mrs. Dieffenbacher, on April 28. 1863 volunteered as a nurse in re- 
sponse to a call from Gov. O. P. Morton of Indianna, who furnished her 
with a pass to Nashville, Tennessee. From there she went to Murphis- 
boro, Tennessee where she nursed the sick and wounded soldiers. When 
the 85th regiment returned to Nashville. Mrs. Dieffenbacher was detailed 
by the Surgeon as regimental nurse, and served as such for five months. 
She also served in the Convalescent Camp at Brentwood, Tennessee, re- 
turning to Indianapolis the last of August 1863. 

She is 75 years of age and resides at Havanah. Illinois. Being a 
volunteer nurse she receives no pension. 





iflm. ittani 3C. Dmtqlas 



iflrs. &trtth 3. Dunuta 



Mrs. Dumas, then Miss Sarah J. Steady, went to Washington, D. C. to 



offer her services to nurse the soldiers, and was accepted and assigned to 



NO SKETCH FURNISHED 



Sherburn Barrack Post Hospital, February 14th 1865, serving until 



December 1865, when her services being no longei needed she returned to 



her home in Vermont. She is years of age and 



age and receives a pension. 




iHrs. ittarta (H). Hfirri). 

Mrs. Eldred volunteered under her maiden name. Maria Olmstead, and 
served over nine months at Fall Church, Va. 

Date of service and by whom enlisted not given. 

Mrs. Eldred is sixty-eight years old and resides at Canton St., Lawrence 

Co.. n. y 

She receives a pension of $12 per month. 




iflni. Emily fclmrr 

Mrs. Emily Elmer, then Mrs. Emily Orederdouk. was during her service 
of over a year agent of Miss L. D. Dix, superintendent. She was engaged 
at Webster Block Hospital. Memphis, Tenn. until Lee s surrender then in 
Citizens Military Hospital, Burlington, Iowa. She was commissioned by 
]ames E. Yeatman of Western Sanatary Commission. Mrs. Elmer resides 
at Hersey, Osceola Co.. Michigan and is ,,l) years of age. She receives a 
pension. The name under which she served was Emily Rowell. 




iWrs. Amur yriiurlla truiuy 

(Cilia Zerbe) 

Mrs. Erving was a volunteer nurse commissioned by Governor Curtin. 
She was stationed at Camp Curtin and all through the sad days of 1861 
and 1862 she was a faithful nurse beloved by all whom she attended. 

She served at Gettysburg and cared foi many of the wounded. While 
a nurse at Camp Curtin, she and three othei girls gave a picnic on Inde- 
pendence Island, to raise money for lint ior the wounded soldiers, they 
realized $125. 

This is a cheery lady aged 7<) years. Her address is 218 Dubois St., 
Newburg, N. Y. She receives a pension by Special Act ol Congress. 




Mrs. iflani 3attf Wax 

Mrs. Fox served for six months as a volunteer nurs?, being engaged at 
Annapolis, Maryland, Hilton Head. South Carolina and Daufuskie Island. 
She is 70 years ol age and resides at 104 S. 4th St., Camden, New 
|ei sej 

Mrs. Fox is engaged in business. She receives a pension of $12 pet 
month. 




iflrr.. Urbrrra t. If tick 

Mrs. Frick served (or two yetrs and six months at Washington, D. C, 
Annapolis, Maryland, Winchester, City Point and Hampton Roads, 
Virginia, as a regular nurse. 

She is now in her 87th year. Still active and with a mind as bright as 
when she was doing her work among the sick and wounded of whom she 
has a hearty recollection. 

She resides at West Conshohocken, Philadelphia, (The Hermitage), and 




ittrs. Elizabeth £. tfritrhcr 



Mrs. Fritcher served under her mciden name, Elizabeth L. McQueen, 



from July 9th 1802 until June 4th 1863 at Baptist Church Hospital, 



Alexandria, Virginia. 



She resides at 255 W. Main St., Amsterdam, N. Y. Mrs. Fritcher is 



receives a pension. 



74 years of age. She was a volunteer nurse and receives a pension. 




iliru. iflarji Jfvyvv (bariiiuu* 

Mrs. Gardner, Colonel, Amos A. McKnight, with Misses Scott, Gullry 
and Allen, served with the One Hundredth Pennsylvania during the winter 
and spring of 1861 — 62 at Camp Jameson, Va. There being too many 
sick for one hospital to accomodate Miss Fryer and Miss Allen served to- 
gether and escaped being quarantined twice with smallpox as Miss Duffey 
and Miss Scott were. 

Mrs. Gardner is sixty-four years of age, is the widow of a veteran of the 
Civil War and receives a pension by Special Acl of Congress. 
She resides at 1305 Pike St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 




iflrs. tiluahcih (&TUBB 

Mrs. Grass served over two years at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., 
and at Joe Holt, Ind. She was a regular nurse serving under Dr. Russell, 
in charge at Benton Barracks and McClung at Jeffersonville, Ind. Date of 
service not given. 

Mrs. Grass is over 68 years <>1 age and receives a pension of $20 per 
month. She resides at South Fargo, North Dakota, and is department 
President of North and South Dakota. 





ifflrs. Attn '£. (briiHiui 



Mrs. Ann Eliza Gndley, who died at the home of her son. Mr. 
Lucius E. Gndley, needs more than a passing notice as she was the mother 
of two sons, one of whom, the gallant sailor captain, Charles V. Gndley. 
who died at Manilla Bay after winning the battle there. He served under 
Farragut at Mobile; then his only son, and Mrs. Gndley s only grandson. 
Lieutenant John V. Gndley was killed by an explosion on his ship at 
Hampton Roads. 

Mrs. Gndley served as a volunteer nurse with the Potomac Army until 
her strength gave away. She was stricken with spotted fever at the close 
of the war. After her recovery she was appointed to a clerkship in the 
Patent Office at Washington, serving faithfully (or thirty years, retiring only 
a few months before her death, October 22, 1909. 

She was one of the first members of the National Nurses Association 
and one of her last regrets was that she could not meet it at Salt Lake 
City. One of her last duties was to pay her dues for 1910. Mrs. Gridlev 
was 84 years of age. 



ittrs. Anita ffialut 



Mrs. Hahn served over three months at the 4thNear Morgan street hos- 



pital. St. Louis. Mo. Dates when service was given not furnished. 



She was a volunteer nurse and is not receiving any pension. She is 75 



years of age. Mrs. Hahn resides at 2129 South 34th Street. Omaha, 



Nebraska. 




iWirui CTmiirlm iiiaurnrh 

Miss Hancock served as a volunteer nurse from July 6th 1863 to May 
23rd 1865 in the Second Corps Army ol the Potomac, caring foi the sick 
and wounded during that period, 

At Gettysburg. Miss Hancock remained in the field hospital until the 
establishment ol Camp Letterman, where she worked foi afew weeks longer, 
the soldiers ol the TIukI Division voting her a silver medal as an expression 
nt then appreciation ol het s.-im.c-s. 

She is over 70 years of age and still actively engaged in business. She 
receives a pension of $12 pel month. Het address is 12(1 N. |9th St., 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- 




iflrs. (Gontrlta ferruuUnu 

Mrs. Harrington went in the front with her husband in December 18 — 
and remained until April 1H She served most of her time in Nashville 

and Chattanoga where she nursed the wounded in the R. R. Depot which 
was turned into a hospital. She also nursed at Bowling Green, Kentucky, 
and Nashville, Tennessee, serving about five months 

She was a volunteer nurse and receives a pension. Mrs. Harrington is 
7<H years of age and resides at Dexter, Michigan. 




lira, iHaiiha if. Sjaitbftt 

Mrs. Hayden volunteered as a nurse under her maiden name Martha 
Strahan and served for three months in Washington, D. C. in the regim- 
ental Hospital of the First Regiment of Rhode Island Infantry. Time of 
service not given. 

Mrs. Hayden is in the bOth year of her age and receives no pension. 
She resides at 140 Blue Hill Ave., Roxbury, Massachusetts. 




ittiii. iflarynrrt ifmjfs 

Under the name ol Maggie Meserolle she served for two years and six 
months at Adams General Hospital No. 2 and Gayoso Hospital. Memphis 
Tennessee as a regular nuise. 

She is nearly blind, but continues to take an active part in the Rebel 
C orps of which she is now a member, thereby still working lor the soldiers. 

Her address is 1 2! 10 E 43rd Street. Los. Angeles, California. 

She rs 76 years of age and receives no pension. 




ittiT.. jlnlta A. triililuui). 

Mrs. Julia A. Hibbard served from Septembei 1st, IHbl until April 
29th 1864, on u Floating I [ospital * arrying wounded alter the 
battle ol Shiloh 

She also served in Memphis hospital, Tennessee, and in Paducah hos- 
pital, Kentucky 

Mrs. Hibbard was in the service of the United States over two years. 
She resides at t 50 1 Glendale avenue, Peoria, 111, and is 77 years oi age. 
She receives a pension of $12 per month. 




iflrii. Caiurtta iit. Bfntatttgtmt 

Her maiden name under which she served, was Lauretta H. Cutler and 
her service was 13 months in the years 1664 and 1^65 at U. S. Hospitals 
Nos. I and 2 at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

She was accepted as a nurse by Miss Dorothy Dix in 1^54. 

Mrs Hoisington is 84 years of age and resides at Palo Alto, Cahtornir. 



Sh 



e receives a pension. 




iMrs. EliEabrtli }i. Bfuttt 

Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, as Elizabeth Pickard, served three months at 
Keokuk, Iowa. 

She was regularly employed by Dr. Hughes, the Surgeon in charge. 
The work was very hard and she contracted smallpox and was removed 
from the hospital. 

Her husband is in his eighty-second year. Her address is 610 North 
Anderson street, Tacoma, Washington. 

She is 76 years of age. She does not receive a pension. 




MtB. ifauutr 0) Jlarkiuut 



Mis. Jackson served about 15 months as Miss Fannie Oshn, her maiden 



name, in Field Hospitals viz; Department of the Cumberland, at Reseca, 



Big Shanty. Centerville, Vinings Station and Lookout Mountain, Tenn. 



She was a regular nurse and receives a pension. She is 75 years of age 



and resides at 318 North Chestnut street, Olathe, Kansas. 




itttiui jCgbia &. Suljttsmi 

Miss Lydia S. Johnson served from Septembei 1862 until |ulv 1865 
Her work was in Georgetown, D. C, Alexandria, \ irginia, Chesapeake 
Genera! Hospital and Old Point Comfort, \ irginia 

She was one ol the nurse? who, under Miss Dorothy Dix, passed through 
the epidemic of smallpox from 1863 !<• 1865. 

She is 80 y^ars ol age and resides in Lyndonville, New York, She re- 
ceives a pension 




fRrs. tCitru IC. SCaiarr 

Mrs. Kaiser uas Lucy L- Campbell during the war. She ser\r I > 
years with the Sanitary Commission in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and on 
I lospital Steamers. 

Her address is Leland, Leland I o . Mi< higan. 



She is 84 years of ^ and 



receives a 



pension. 




iflrtf. fEmrliur D. armunj iKiuuslutrjT 

Miss Emeline D. Tenney was a volunteer nurse, enlisting under Colonel 
Cushman of the 5}rd Illinois Infantry and served with that regiment in the 
Lincoln Hospital until the end of the war, when she resigned, but her 
resignation was not accepted until the Army was disbanded. She was in 
Washington when President Lincoln was assassinated. 

She served 15 months. Mrs. Kingsbury s address is Hamilton, Texas. 




iflrs. ^arah A. glummer ICruinum 

As Sarah A. Plummer, she entered the service at Bellrose and ( it v 
Hospitals in New York City, being a member of Rose Hill Association 
Auxiliary to the National Christian Commission, Dr. Henry W. Bellows, 
President. She was a volunteer, giving all her time before and after school 
as student and teacher, also Sundays and vacations. Her husband was a 
life long invalid from statvation and exposure in Andersonville and Florence 
prison pens. 

Mrs. Lemmon resides at 5985 Telegraph Ave.. Oakland. California. 
She is 74 years of age and receives no pension 





iflni. Jlrnuir i£. ittauih 

Miss Jennie Gauslin, now Mrs Maish, was living in her father's house 
at Winchester, Va., during lit- civil wai which, from IM6I to 1865, was 
turned into a hospital and kept up by hei father s and he! own means, and 
where she nursed the si< k and wounded Union prisoners left at Wint hestei 
After General Milroy's defeat she was sent as a prisoner by Confederate 
Authority and confined in tin- Confederate prison at Richmond, known as 
Castle Thunder, with othei loyal ladii 



iflni. ffflary 21. fflttmuin 



Mrs. Mary L. Mannon responded with three other lad 



es to a call tor 



nurses from Governor Morton ol Indiana, leaving Goshen, Indiana in 



f ebruary 1863 and served in the hospital at Memphis, Tennessee until 



June 4, 1865. 



She married Mr. Lewis Maish a Union soldier during the war, She is 
64 years ol age and resides al Stillwater. Minnesota. She receives no 

[tension 



She was a volunteer nurse hut receives a [tension. Mrs. Mannon was 



horn in 1 84 ^ and resides at Los Angeles, Cal. 





iftrn. jlnanua itirltiui Miss &iurati EUrtt iflanili 

Mrs. Melton was in the service of the United States from ISM to 1864. Miss Marsh served 19 months at Armory Square Hospital, Washingto 



She was employed as a volunteer nurse at Camp Carrmgton. Lafayette, 



Indiana, and al Louisville, Kentucky. 



She resides al 947 South 7tli St. Salt Lake City, Utah. She is 75 



D. C, as a volunteer. Her address is 73 Mulgrave Street. Liverpool, 
England. She receives a pension 

Though living on another continent, she keeps in close touch with the 
Association of Army Nurses, and writes beautiful letters to members of the 



years of age and does not receive a pension. 



Association. She is 11 years of age. 




v ; '.'.:■■ 





ittrn. Hary S. fltacfolb 

Mrs. Maxneld led Peoria. Illinois, November I I, 1863, with the Sixth 
Illinois C avalry. which wenl l" Springfield, Illinois, and from there to 
Paducah, Kentucky and then to Memphis, Tennessee wheie she was trans- 
ferred to the Adams Block Hospital 

She served under her maiden name. Miss Matv Kenny lor twenty-two 
months and was commissioned by Mrs. Maiv A. Liveimore. Mrs. Max- 
field is 70 years of age and receives .t pension. She resides at Kansas 
C ity, Kans. is, and is the Department President of the National Association 
of Nurses of the Civil War ol Kansas. 



iHra. fciutirr iilaxuidl 



NO SKF.TCH FL'KNISIIKD 




itttii. §»uaan (fiarrif Mills 

Mrs. Mills served tor three months under her maiden name. Miss Carrie 
Robinson, going to the front from Concord, New Hampshire, in May 1861, 
under Dr. Crossby, and after passing her examination was enrolled by Miss 
Dix at Washington, D. C. She served for three months at Point of Rocks 
and Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. 

Mrs. Mills is seventy years of age and resides at 33 White St.. Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts. She does not receive a pension. 




ittuui AiUiliuc '€. ittilliT 

Miss Miller served 4 years at Cairo, Paduca, Kentucky and Milhcan s 



Bend, Nashville Tennessee. 



Her address is 1404 Arrapahoe St., Los Angeles, California. She has 



reached the advanced age ol 83 years. She receives a pension. 





ittrs. ifltana ittilLrr 



fHra. iKnm C iHuiiT 



She served for almosH two years as a volunteei nurse undei hei maiden As Rena L, Minei \>< served foi IH months at jerlersonville General 



name, Maria Hoppe, in Cincinnati, Ohio; George Streel and Elin Street 



lospitals 



Hospital, Jeffersonville, Indiana and at |efferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. 



I lei residence is al Milan. Indiana Sh< is bi years ol agi and does 



She was a regular nurse and receive; .1 pension. 



not receive .1 pension 



She is Department President "I the National Association for Michigan, 





iflr. ittaiilfia i£. Motrin 



Mrs. Jlaur ffl. ittmtmt 



Mrs. Morns was hist employed by Dr. D. W. Bliss and served at 
Armory Square Hospital one year and was then transferred to Findley 
Hospital in charge of Dr. Pancoast. She was there several months aftei 
which she got an honorable discharge and enlisted with Miss Dorothy 
Dix who sent her to Sandy Hook. Hospital. As there was not much to 
do, the Surgeon in charge. Dr. Boon secured transportation for her to go 
to Winchester, West Virginia, where she helped nurse the wounded after 
Sheridan's great battle and victory in 1863 

After caring for the wounded for several days, Mrs. Morris was sent on 
a hospital train with them to more comfortable hospitals in Baltimore. She 
then went back to Findley Hospital getting a final discharge January 31, 
I86S, having served three years. 

Mrs. Morris is 75 years of age and receives a pension. Her residence 
is 1372 W. 74th Place, Cleveland. Ohio. 



Mrs. Morton served as a volunteei nurse in the Prison Hospital at 



Nashville, Tennessee, being enlisted by Dr. Hickman, Surgeon in charge. 



She served one year under her maiden name, from July 1863 until the 



hospital was closed in 1864. Mis. Morton is 69 years ol age and reci ives 



a pension. Her address is l<>8 Plum St., Elgin, Illinois. 




Urs. ittnlltr it. Matt. 



Mrs. Mot! served as a volunteer nurse under her maiden name. Miss 



Mollie Carnahan. She nursed foi two vears in the hospitals at Nashville 



and Galatin, I ennessee. 



She is seventy-eight years <>l age and receives a pensio 



Her address is i9 1*2 South Maine St., Elkhardt, Indiana. 




iflni. iCanra A. Sfctuman 

Miss Laura Mount served lor three years with the Potomac Army as 
a volunteer nurse, — from 1862 to 1865, — with her husband's regiment, the 
Sixth Maryland. She was at Culpepper ( ourl 1 iouse, Lee s Mills, 
Petersburg, Virginia , the Conscript Camp at New Haven, Connecticut, 
Todd's Barracks, Ohio for two months. 1 lei regiment being constantly 
marching and lighting. 

Mrs. Newman is sixty-six years of age and does not receive a pension. 
Her addrecs is Lafayette, Indiana. 





ittrn. tlinalirtli Nirbala 



Mrs. Srbrrra Cnimunt (Olrr.un 



Mrs. Nichols went lo C hicago in 1861 to nurse her husband who was 
sick in the hospital. He belonged to the 1 I !th New ^loik Infantry. She 
was there enrolled as a nurse by Dr. Wm. Vosbery, Surgeon in charge. 
She went to the front with the I I Ith, her husband being detailed to assist 
her. She was at Gettysburg and wherever the regiment was engaged, 
battling faithfully with wounds, smallpox, diphtheria and fevers until she 
was discharged, together with her husband. 

Mrs. Nichols resides at Clyde, Wayne Co., New York. She is 75 
of age and receives no pension. She served at Centerville, Virginia, in 
Brigade Hospital, from October 17. 1862 until March 1863. 



Mrs. Oleson served as a volunteer nurse under her maiden name, Miss 



Rebecca Lemmon, from November I, 1862 until March 3, 1865. at 



Nashville and Look Out Mountain, Tennessee. 



Mrs. Oleson is past 86 years of age and receives a pension. 



She resides at Sierraville, California. 




!ttr;-.. Urbrrra UDtis 

Mrs. Rebec ca Otis, who3i husband was al [eflerson Barracks, St. 
Louis, Mo., sent lor his wife and child to visit him, She came, and find 
ing the great need roi help, |omed with the others and rendered such 
efficient aid that, instead oi going back to her home when the leim ol her 
visit expired she remained as a nurse under the earnest solicitation of Dr. 
Mien, surgeon in charge. 

Her kind and gentle . are soon gained the < "nfideme of the sick and 
wounded and with hei consent thay called hei "mother. 

She had formed her plans to return home on account of hei health and 
t<> place hei boy in school, when she was overtaken by a great sorrow. 
Hei child, at play, was lumping from one log to anothei when he slipped 
and fell, the logrolling ovei him killing him instantly. She returned alter 
a short time and continued her labor of love until the close of the war. 
Mi ( 'tis is 85 years "1 age She resides at Manchester, Iowa. Sin- 
receives a pension. 




Hin-i. S'arrptti (£. IJattrrsmi 

She served under hei maiden name, Sarepta C. McNall. She worked 
one vear in E. S. Hospital Division No. I, Annapolis, and three years at 
volunteer work, serving -I years in all. She resides at Grand Junction. 
( olorado 

Mrs. Patterson is 75 years ol age and receives a pension. 




iWni. tmaliur pjfiUipB 

As Miss Emahne Tibbett, she served I 16 days in the Warren, Regin 



ental Hospital, Washington, D. C. 



She was a volunteer nurse ; is 70 years o( age. She does not receive 



pension 




iKrs. (L'antr JBtlktns PnllarJi 

The name under which she served was Carrie Wilkins. She was en- 
gaged not quite two years attached to Field Hospital. Louisville, Kentucky ; 
Look Out Mountain Tennessee, and lastly Floating Hospital. Nashville. 
New Albany, Indiana. Was there until the close of the war. She was 
sent out by U. S. Christian Commission under Miss Annie Wlttenmeyer. 

She is 67 years of age and receives a pension. Mrs. Pollard resides at 
Maxwell. Colusa Co.. California. 




ifltT.. ittaiti Ul. iUilliuh 

Mis. Mary B. Pollock served in the Army ol the Potomac at Hilto 




ittrs. Hiaiuiiia A. graft 

Mrs. Pratt served under her maiden name Malnida A. Miller, served 



\ lead. Beaufort, S. C. and othei places. 



She was a volunteei and served tor l\\«» years 



7 months at Albany, Indiana, as a volunteer nun 



Her address is San Luis, Obispo, ( al 



Mrs Pollock is 74 years of age and receives a pension ol $12 per 



Her address is 5 1 36 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 



Mrs. Pratt is 75 years ot aye and receives a pension. 




ittrs. '£. \h\it 



Mrs. Price served under her maiden name Rebecca L. Pennypacker, for 
some mo.iths as a volunteer nurse. She was at Wind Mill Point Hospital, 
Va., Gettysburg, and Chambersburg, Pa. and at Fortress Monroe. Her 
visits to the hospitals were necessarily short. She did emergency work 
whenever there was need and left when her work was done. She had a 
pass from Governor Curtm and at one time took to the soldiers a large con- 
signment of books and other goods from her native town, Phoemxville. She 
is 72 years of age and resides at I 18 Mulberry Street, Lancaster, Pa. She 
receives a pension. 




iflrs. iflaria 3C. Sathntdl 

Mrs. Maria L. Rathmell served under hei maiden name Miss Maria L. 
Moore as a contract nurse for a few days over one year. She was engaged 
at Camp Dennison, Ohio, in the Ninth Division of U. S. Hospital during 
the winter and spring of 1863, when all matrons were relieved of duty. She 
was reinstated in March 1865 and served until September 1865. She re- 
ceived pay as a contract nurse and now receives a pension. She was sent 
out by the Soldiers Aid Society ot Belief on tame and was under Dr. 
McDermot, Surgeon in charge. Mrs. Rathmell is 75 years of age and re- 
sides at 704 Madnver Street, Bellefontaine. Ohio 





ittrr.. S>arali itt. i&ralitmt. 



Mrs. ittani A. ftulutnV.uii 



Mrs. Reading served one year as a volunteer nurse and over a year in 



the U. S. General Hospital at Davenport. Iowa 



Mrs. Reading is 69 years "I age and is pensioned at twelve dollars a 



month. She resides at Lowry C itv, Missouri. 



Mrs. Richardson, then Miss Mary A. Ransom, went to the hospital at 
Albany, N. Y. to help Mary Carey and 1 )t Armsb) where she was en- 
listed as a nurse by Dr. Amsby. |une -. IH<>2 and served there six months. 
From there she went to Fredericks City, Maryland, where she remained (or 
six months, going there at the rei^iest ol Dr. 1.. H. Helsby, Surgeon in 
i harge. 

Mrs. Richardson has many letters from the boys she nursed expressing 
their gratitude to her, some saying "You saved my hie. 

She was a regular nurse and was discharged by Gideon Bants, Agent tor 
the Christian Commission and Maryland Relief Association, February 21, 
1865. She is 75 years of age and resides with her husband at the 
Soldiers Home. Vineland, N. J. 




iHrs. Alirr (tarn SUalry 

Miss Alice C. Farmer with her mother, Mrs. Phoebe Farmer, after in- 
numerable hardships reached New Orleans and commenced the work of 
caring for the sick in Marine University, St. James and St. Louis Hospitals. 

Mrs. Farmer's husband refused to vote for secession and was oblidged. 
in the spring of 1862, to seek safety in New Orleans, after which his 
lamilv received no mail. Mrs. Farmer being charged with being a spy. 

Dick Taylor and his men threatened to hang her. One dark night the 
helpless woman and her daughter left their beautiful home and were taken 
aboard a steamer and locked in a stateroom by the friendly captain. 
Eventually they were landed at Braspear City. Her term of service was 
from August 1862 to September 1865. She is 65 years of age. Mrs. 
Risley receives no pension. 




iflrs. iElisahrth Augusta Sitaacll 

Mrs. Russell served as a volunteer nurse lor over four years under the 
New England Association. 

Her work was done in New York City Hospitals. She is 77 years of age 
and is pensioned by Special Act of Congress. 

Her home is in Minneapolis but she spends part of each year at her 
country home, Maine, Florida. Those of the Association who were at 
Minneapolis in 1906 will remember her gracious efforts for their comfort. 





ittni. Emma A. &arkrtl 



iflni. Attn lHurut 81. I^rhram. 



Mrs. Sackett served under her maiden name, Emma A French. She 



was employed as regular nurse at U. S. General Hospital "Jefferson, 



Jeffersonville, Indiana. She is (18 years of age and receives a pension 



Mr t ,idilrf-Ks ix \\ inin ■-,,-(, Inwa fime "I service seven months and 



twenty-three days. 



Mrs. Schram served as a volunteer Hei husband was one of the first 
young men of Amsterdam to respond to the call foi volunteers.. Mis young 
wife was eager to do something for hei country, and the citizens of Amster- 
dam assisted her to gel to the front. She reported at Fredericksburg and 
was assigned by Drs. Mckenzie and Haynes to duty in Camp outside of 
Fredericksburg among the sick and wounded brought thither from South 
Mountain and Antietam. She served for 10 months until her health was 
impaired by the exposure and hard work and she was obliged to leave the 
service She received no pay lor hei services not even her board being 
provided. Mrs. Schram is 76 years of age. She is Department President 
ol the Association ol Army Nurses. She resides at 586 Firsl St., Albany, 
N. ^ ., and receives a pension by Special Act of Congress. 





ittrs. ittani E. £*imtli 

As Mary E. Webber she served from the Fall of I8b2 until July 1865. 



She vvas engaged m the Jarvis United States General Hospital, Baltimore, 



Maryland. 



Her present address is 1 16 Congress Street, Lowell, Mass. 



Mrs. Smith is 67 years of age and does not receive a pension. 



Mrs. Amanita Ui. i^tmjtlj 

Mrs. Amanda B. Smyth served about seven months. Her husband had 
enlisted and when she heard that he was sick m a hospital in New Albany 
Indinna, she wen! to him with hei child who was one year old. There 
being over 300 sick and wounded soldiers she assisted in caring for as many 
as she could. 

She remained in the hospital until her husband recovered. He is still an 
invalid suffering from the effects of a wound received at the battle of 
Chickamauga. Mrs. Smyth resides at Carrollton, Ohio. She is 70 years 
of age and receives a pension of $12 a month. 

Mrs. Smyth is Department President of the Association of Army Nurses 
for Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. 




ittrii. ^arali 31. ^pratjur 

Mrs. Sprague served undei hei maiden name, Sarah J. Milliken. 

She enlisted under Miss Dorothy Dix, serving from September IHhJ 

until Maich 1864, having been employed in Washington, D. C. Mrs. 
Sprague resides at Wells Place, Lynn, Massachusetts. She is 81 years 
of age and receives <i pension. 




jHrs. iElmuia J J. ^pfttrrr 

Mrs. Spencer went to the front with hei husband, who was Surgeon of 
the 147th New York Infantr) 

The purveying steamer Planter was placed at hei disposal and she was 
ready for every battle in which the Potomac Army was e.igaged, being one 
of the hrst to reach Gettysburg where she remained for several weeks. She 
cared for General Sickles after his limb was amputated. 

She was selected by the State of New York as one of the four of its 
heroines whose statues are placed in marble on the Grand Stair Case of the 
C apitol at Albany. 

Mrs Spencer was wounded b) a spenl hall at City Point m|unng the 
sciatic nerve and crippling her for life. She is 91 years oi age and resides 
.it Oswego, New York. 




ittrii. ^uiianuah &ftruwtr« 

Mrs. Sprague served at Fort Scott and Fort Leavenworth. Kansas, dur- 
ing the two years she was employed. 

Her address is 2353 Cleveland Place. Denver, Colorado. She was a 
volunteer nurse and receives no pension. 




jWra. (&mn?Ha itt. tytaulrtj 

Mrs. Stanley served under her maiden name. Miss Cornelia M. Tomp- 
kins. Her home at that time heing at Niagara Falls, N. Y. She was 
enlisted by James F. Yeatman, agent for Miss Dix, and received a com- 
mission from the latter. She served tor two years and one month at 
Memphis, Tennessee. Benton and Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. 

Mrs. Stanley's present residence is Gardena, Cal., Box 10 R. D. She 
is 11 years of age 




iWtTi. ittani i£. ^trttmrt 

Mis Stewarts husband, Dr. I. J. Pearce, was appointed by the Gover- 
noi <>\ Ohio, Surgeon to the Madison, Indiana 1 lospital and citizens ol her 
home town requested hei t" go t<> the hospital promising thai they would 
send supplies lor it direct to hei She went, bearing her own expense, and 
caring for the sick and wounded, doing well all ihal was put in her hands 
to do by C olonel Grant, in command al that place. Mrs. Stewart served 
seven months as a volunteer nurse bul receives no pension. She resides at 
South College Street. Athens, Ohio. 




ittra. ifflary d>. S&lporus 

Mrs Stevens served under hei maiden name, Miss Mary O. rownsend, 
lor 5 months at Seminar) I lospital, George tow n, Armor v Square, and 
( (Jumhia General I lospital. Washington. I). I Her address is Sh 

I iolton Street, Peabody, Massachusetts. Mrs, Stevens does not receive a 
pension She is ' " s j eat ■ >l a; i 





Names under which she served. Dr. Colham and Dr. B. F. Stephe 



Length of service, 1861 to 1865. 



Her field of labor was in Toledo, Ohio; Springfisld, Illinois, and Nas 



llle, Tennessee. 



Mrs. Stephenson is 72 years of age. Her address is Winterset, Iowa. 



She never received any pension. 



jRrs. Annie Uirll §>ttthbs 

Mrs. Stubbs served tor one year as a volunteer nurse, then became a 
regular nurse tor the remainder of her term ol service or over three yeais. 
The held of her labor embraced Harpers Ferry, Acqma Creek. 12th Corps 
Hospital, alter Chancelloisville. Gettysburg and Nashville. 

Her present address is Men-m. Pa. She is 71 years of age; she receives 
a pension. 

On account of her youth Miss Dix refused to enroll her as a nurse but 
after she had served a short time she received from Miss Dix the highest 
testimonials 





Dr. Tfrsta itt. Smarts 

Di Vesta M Swarts early in Jul) 1864, went to the South expecting 
to join liei husband who was Assistant Surgeon <>l the Klilili Indiana 
Volunteers. Reaching Indianapolis and finding communications were cut 
on, Governoi Morton suggested that she should report in person to the 
1 I" mi. in < ommission Agency .it Louisville, Kentucky. She began w,,tk 
undei Annie Wittenmeyei at Brown I S. Hospitals, afterwards being 
transferred to Crittenden U. S. General Hospital al Louisville till March 
1863 

Di Sua, Is lesldes at 21(1 N Mam St., Auburn, Indiana. She is 69 
years "I age and was a regulai nurse. She receives a pension ol $12 pel 
month. 



ittrii. (Charlotte ittanunt tUhontpsmi 

Mrs fhompson served I yeai in the L S. General Hospital. Geisboto, 



Maryland, neai Washington, D C 



She was a volunteer foi a short ti rut-, thru became a regular nurse and 



Mrs. Thompson is 7! years ol age and resides at BrodheaJ. Wis 



SI 



ie receives .1 pension. 





ittrii. ihutUur aluimj.uuiu 

Mrs. Thompson was assigned to duty in the General Hospital at Lex- 
ington, Kentucky, by James E.. Yeatman, agent for Miss Dix, at the office 
of the (J. S. Sanitary Commission at St. Louis, Missouri, May 3, 1863. 

In the spring of 1865 she was again employed in the General Hospital 
at Camp Nelson by Surgeon Lloyd, and served under him and Dr. 
Mitchell, six months, but through Dr. Mitchell s neglect did not receive any 
pay for the last period, which he tailed to draw and lorward to her. 

Mrs. Thompon s tecord of service in 1865 were destroyed by a fire at 
her home January 22, 1885. Mrs. Thompson resides at Berwyn, Illinois 



iiitiiii lEli^a fC. amtnuuMii) 



Miss fownsend served as a volunteer nurse foi I I months, date of 



service not given. She served in hospitals at Baton Rogue, L< 



■ misiana, 



She is 78 years old and receives a pension. Miss Townsend's address 



is 1277 Ilasl Davis Sheet. Portland, Oregon. 





ittra. iCaura R. amuut 



iHni. Amum lUanuuk 



Mrs. Tyson enlisted as .1 nurse in Seplemhei 1862 and served until the 
close of the wai in the ( ittzens Volunteer I lMSf.it.il, Philadelphia, under 
iier maiden name. Miss Laura K ( Otton Hei first work was to help care 
Eor three hundred wounded from the battle of Antietam. She answered a 
•-all foi volunteers sent oul from the hospital rhe wounded had received 
no attention until they arrived three days aftei the battle, but undei the 
intelligent supervision ol Dr. K S Kenradine were soon made as comfort 
able as their condition allowed 

"Miss Laura" as the "boys called her, remained until the close of the 
war when she married Mr George 1 yson and was absent from her work 
for one month. Mrs. Tyson is 75 years of age and receives no pension 
Her residence is 97 Garfield St., Chelsea, Mass. 



As S U san Mercer she - 1 ved nearh iix months as a volunteer, at 



Murfreesboro Tennessee, Hospital No. I. [ >i McCoIloch, Surgeon in 






Mis Warnock's address is Lockington, Shelby Co., Ohio. She is 71) 



years of age, and does not receive a pension 





ifln;. £ut>ia £. HHittrnutu 

Mrs. Whiteman served trom the time the first gun was hred until August 
30, 1865, first, in Organization Relief Association in Philadelphia and 
nursed those who were left at the Cooper Shop Hospital. 

She also was engaged as sick nurse in Camp at Georgetown Hospital 
and at Yorktown. From there she went to Warren Barracks under Cap- 
tain Manton. 

After the battle of the Wilderness, Mrs. Whiteman found a man, left for 
dead at the foot of a tree, and against the protest of the men in the am- 
bulance had him taken to the hospital, where she nursed him. That man 
was Colonel Baxter. He says she saved his life. 

Mrs. Whiteman served under Miss Dix most of the time. She is 84 
years of age, resides at 1332 Brown St.. Philadelphia, Pa., and receives no 
pension. 



ittrii. Cilitutlita EUritr 



Mrs. White served under her maiden name, Cynthia El bin, at the 



Soldiers Hospital, called "Camp McClellan," and at Davenport, Iowa, for 



eight and one half months, as a volunteer. She is 66 years of age and re- 



ceives a pension. Her address is Lowry City, Missouri. 




itlia. Elrrta Millard 

Mrs. Willard served as a volunteei se from 1861 i«. close of the war. 

Her husband Luther B. Willard, at the beginning of the wai was appointed 
as agent let supply medical supplies to the soldiers au<l rendei other aid. 
He represented private citizens who were contributing money for the wel- 
fare "I the Union soldiers Mrs. Willard went with him to the front. 

Mrs. Willard served al the hospitals in Nashville. Chattanooga and 
Lookout Mountain, rennessee. Much of hei time was spent in distribul 
ing sanitary supplies and nursing the sick and wounded in St. Mary s 
Harper Hospitals and the barracks at Detroit, Michigan. 

Mrs. Willard resides at 487 Merrich Avenue, Detroit. She is 82 yeai 
of age and re< elves a pension 




i\\v>\. ifflary itlratwr Hillsmi 

Mrs. Willson volunteered as a nurse m 1662 and served three months- 
She was then regularly commissioned by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, acting 
foi Miss Dix, al ( hicago, in February 1863 

Hei service covered a period <>! almost two years with the Army <>! the 
C umberland on the held, in Post I lospitals, Adam s Block Hospital. 
Memphis. Tenn., and on hospital boats on the Mississippi River. Age 
not given. 

Mrs Willson resides al Weslgale. California, or b22 Noith 10th St. 
Sawtelle, Cal. You will see she gives both addresses. 





Jflrs. Erattore IHriuhl 



iiivB. iCurji A. tlmuiu 



Mrs. Wright served under her maiden name, Leonora Smith. Her held As Lucy A. Newton she served 7 months, at Camp Baxter, St. Johns 



ot labor was in I erre Haute, Indiana, and Nashville, and Memphis Ten- 



burg Vermont with the 3rd Vol. Regiment, also at Camp Lyon, Ca 



mp 



nessee. She was commissioned bv Governor O. P. Morton. 



Mrs. Wright is 79 years of age. She receives a pension- Her address 



Advance, and Camp Griffin as a volunteer. 



She receives a pension. 



Mrs. Young's address is St. Johnshurg, Vermont. Sh** is 6<S years ol 



is 467 W. ird St., Terre Haute. Ind. 






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iflrs. Emily Alitor 

Mrs ^Idei had two brothers in the L n \rmy, one ol whom died al 

the close ol foui years' service Her husband, Henry Mder. enlisted in 
1 1"- 13th Wisconsin Volunl ers and in 1863 hi followed him to the I. ml 
as <i nurse. 

After six i ths hard service at Paducah and Fort Donali vli 

Aldei was stricken with a serious illni on il. 1 ort Donaldson battlefield 
Hei regiment was undci marching irders, but the I olonel gave her husband 
'""" days leave us the Surgeon said il would be .ill ovei i.i thai time, bul 
i) , "< >od spared my lite to take a disabled hu 

After hei illness she was oblidged to return home She was a volunteei 

l:m ' ""' "•' ' ll,il I " l"' ; pa) Mrs \|.i i residi - al < [a i, 

low .i and is eve.'.l v years of ag< 







iliuui iiiniiiitr iKuluj 

Daughter of Mary E Lacy, President, who by her many acts "I loving 
and u elfish care foi the Nurses ol the ( tvil Wai had so endeared them 
to hei lhai at then convention al Sa'l I alee l ity m I 'WW -.he «n a doi i. d 

as the daughter ol the National ^sso lal >l Army Nurses and presented 

with its Official Bads 



Mrs. (Catharine 0*>. itiuutfrss 



Dr. ZCattni M. Sjill 






Mrs. Bengless volu.iteeied as a nurse m April 1862 and served until 
December 24th, a period of nine months, under her maiden name. Miss 
Hattie Griffith m the hospital at Broad and Cherry Stscets, the firs! hospital 
established in Philadelphia. 

She was chosen by Dr. Neil, Surgeon in charge and Mtss Peterson, 
Matron, to assist Mrs. Gulespie who had charge of the first ward. Miss 
Griffith at the close of her service married Rev. J. D. Bengless of Paw- 
tucket, R I. About one hundred convalescent, sick and wounded soldiers 
attended the ceremony which took place in the Baptist Church just across 
the street from the hospital. 

Mrs. Bengless is 74 years of age and resides at 24 Clifl St., Ansonia. 
Connecticut. She does not receive a pension. 



ittni. §»arah (L ICrrlrstnu 

Mrs. Eccleston volunteered as a nurse under her maiden name. Miss 
Salhe E. C. Chamberlin, and served twelve months in Nashville, Ten- 
nessee, in hospitals one and eight. 

After (he war she married but took up Kindergarten teaching wni< li she 
practiced successfully in her own country until 1868 when she was called 
to the Argentine Republic of South America to found its first Kinder- 
garten and training school in the Government C ollege at Parana, latei being 
transferred to Buenos Aires where she taught until retired on a pension 
from the Government of the Argentine Republic in 1904. 

She was, on May 14th 19!0, called to Mendoza to organize another 
National Kindergarten and preparatory school. Mrs. Eccleston is 70 years 
ot age and receives no pension. Hei address is Calle Salguno, 1810 
Buenos Aires, .Argentine Republic. 



Dr. Hill volunteered as a nurse in April 1 8t>3 and served as Mi<s Annie 
M. Hill until September 1865 in Army Square Hospital, Washington, D. 
C. She was a native of Massachusetts, but atter the war located in Du- 
buque, Iowa, whereafter taking a medical course, she successfully practiced 
as a physician until a few months ago when failing health compelled her to 
give up her practice and she now resides with her brother in Chicago. Mr. 
Edwaid Hill. 

Dr. Hill relates many thrilling pathetic events of her service, one of a 
young Kentucky boy who was drafted and on his way to the front became 
ill. His father and three brothers had enlisted in the Union Army. <>ne 
brother being killed in battle. His mother tried in vain to get him oft, but 
Miss Hill prevailed upon him to tell his story to President Lincoln. "You 
shall hear from me soon, any mother who has sent a husband and three 
sons to the Army shall keep her baby at home." Three davs later an 
honorable discharge came lor the boy signed by Abraham Lincoln. 

Df. Hill is 7^ years old and resides at 1151 Union Ave.. Chicago, 111. 



g>usan t£. Sfamt. itt. D. 

Susan E. Barry, M. D.. I nee Susan E. Hall I, commenced her lour 
vear^ of service at the first Bull Run battle, and afterwards wherevei 
needed, finishing her work at Chalanooga. Tennessee. Mrs. Barry was i 
medical graduate before she entered as a nurse, receiving her diploma after 
the close ot the w ar. 

She was a regular nurse serving under Miss Dix. She married Robert 
L. Barry after the war and went to Honolula. She has resided in ( ah 
forma for a number of years and is 84 years old. She receives a pension 
of $ I 2 per month. 



itira. ®rlw Slratuarft (L'ulr 

Mrs. Cole served as a volunteer nurse in hospitals al Louisville, Ken- 
tucky ; Washington, D. C. ; Memphis and Nashville. Tennessee, and City 
Point. Virginia. 

Mrs. Cole is 69 years of age and resides at Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. 
She receives a pension of $12 per month. She is Department President. 
N. A. A. N. lor Wisconsin. 



iflri;. Srhrrrn iE. Oiraii 

Mrs. Gray served as a volunteer nurse tor neary two years at Fair Oaks, 
Virginia, in front of Richmond on the field and on the transport Vander- 
belt. 

She is b9 years of age, is blind, bed ridden and dependant upon charity. 
She receives no pension. Her addresss is 7t>2 Bergen St., Brooklyn. 
New York. 



fflts. fttani AiVlaiiV Hubrfi 

As Marv Adelaide Daugherty, she served about one year at hospital No. 
15, Nashville. Tennessee, and at Adams Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. 

Mrs. Jobes is 70 years ol age and resides at 990 West i ird St.. Indian 
apolis, Indiana. She receives a pension of $ 1 2 per month 



iflisa §>miau &. Hiuirll 

Miss Susan R. Lovell's term of service was from February 1864 until 
September 1865. at Benton Barracks. St. Louis. Missouri and Wilson 
General Hospital, Cumberland Barracks, Nashville, Tennessee. Her 
residence is at 1 267 Lane St.. Topeka. Kansas. 

Miss Lovell is 78 years of age and receives a pension of $12 per month. 



iWra. iflani A. £. EhwiUuiirth 

Mrs. Woodworth served under her maiden name, Miss Mary A. E. 
Keen from July 23rd 1861 to July 1865. The scene of her labors was in 
the Seminary Hospital. Georgetown, D. C. and at Chesapeake Hospital at 
Fortress Monroe. During her service she was under the jurisdiction of 
Miss Dix. 

Her present address is 1424 S. St. N. W.. Washington. D. C. 

Mrs. Woodworth receives a pension. Age not given. 



iflrs. iflaria ifl. (£. ftirljarih. 

Miss Maria M. C. Hall, the name under which she served, was em- 
ployed from September 1861 to May 1865 in the Patent Office Hospital, 
Washington, D. C. on the James River Transports and Camps. Also in 
Smoketown Field Hospital after Antietam, and General Hospital, Annap- 
olis, Maryland. 

Mrs. Richards address is Weathersheld, Connecticut. She is 73 years 
of age and receives a pension of $12 per month. 



ifltr.i. Afirlia £rauitt. 

Miss Leavitt served six months as a volunteer nurse being enlisted by 
Mrs. J. Cole, President of the Sanitary Commission of Wisconsin. She 
was sent to the Post Hospital at Milwaukee, March I, 1865 where she 
remained three months and was then transferred to Prairie Duchein 
Hospital, where she remained until its close in September 1865. 

Miss Leavitt is 68 years of age and resides at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 
She does not receive a pension. 



"Sty* Women Who Went to tlyr 3falo" 



Shr following Poem, rotnpoofo by itttHs (£lara 
fBarton. mas trail by brr at lhr Jfamurll l&r- 
rrplton anb banquet by tin* EabifB uf thr JJntnmar 
(fury*, at HtUarb'a iJnitd. Iflaribimvtnn. 9. <£.. 
■Noupmbrr IS. 1BH2. in rrsponsr to thr abmtr toast. 

The women who wenl to the field, yon say. When the charge is rammed home ami the fire 
The women who went to the field; and pray belches hot ; 

What did they £o for? — .just to be in the way:' They never would wait for the answering shot. 

They'd not know the difference betwixt work and They would faint at the first drop of blood in their 

play. sight. 

And what did they know about war. anyway. 1 What fun for us boys,— (ere we enter the fight); 

What could they do? of what use could they be? They might pick sonic lint, and tear up sonic sheets. 

They would scream at the siirlit of a gun, don't you And make us some jellies, and send on their sweets. 

sec.' And knit some soft socks for luiele Sam's shoes, 

-lust fancy them round where the bugle-notes play. And write us some letter's, and tell us the news. 

And the long roll is bidding us on to the fray. And thus it was settled, by common consent. 

[magine their skirts 'mong artillery wheels, Of husbands, or brothers, or whoever went. 

And watch for their flutter as they rlee 'cross the That the place for the women was in their own 

fields homes. 



There hi |>;i1 ieiil ly \v;i i| mil il vicl nn comes. 
I'mi later il chanced jusl how. no one knew 
Thai the lines slipped a hit and some 'gan to crowd 

through : 
And they went, where did I he\ go ' Ah ' where 

did I he\ not ? 
Show us the hattle. the lid. I. or | he sp .1 
Where tile groans o| the wounded rang mil mi the 

air 

That her ear caught it not. and her hand was not 
there ; 

Wlm wiped lh,' death sweat frmii the cold, clniiiim 

lll'OU . 
And sent home the im-ss;nm : " 'Tis wed with him 

How" ; 
Who watched m the tents whilst the fever tires 

burned. 
And (lie pain tossing limbs in agony turned. 
And wet the parched tongue, calmed delirum's strife 
Till the dying lips murmured. "M\ mother." "My 

Wl I e " ' 

And who were they all ' thev were mam nn men. 



Then records wen kept by no tabular pen; 
The\ exist 111 traditions from lather to son. 
Who recalls, in dim memory, now here mid there 

one 

A low names wen' writ, ami b,\ chance live to-da\ . 
lint 's perishing record, fast fading away. 
• •I those we recall, there are scarceh a score 
I'ix. Dame. Bickerdyke, Kdson. Harvey and Moon'. 
Kales. Wittemeyer. (iilson. Saft'ord ami Lee. 
Ami poor Cutter, dead in the sands of the sea : 
Viitl Prances l> Gage, our "Aunt Fanny" of old. 
Whose voice rang for freedom when freedom was 

sold 
Ami Husband, and Ktheridge. and Harlan and 

( 'ase. 
Livermore. Alcott. Hancock and ( ' 1 1 .- 1 s i ■ . 
Ami Turner, and llawley, and Toiler and Mali 

Ah! the list grows apace, as they come at tl ail: 

Did these women (piail al the sight of a gun ' 
Will some soldier lell us ol one he saw run ' 
Will he glance at the boats mi the great western 
Hood. 



At Pittsburg and Shiloh. did they faint al the blood '! 
And the brave wife ol Granl stood there with them 

then. 
And her calm stately presence gave strength I" hi 

men 
And JIarie of Logan: she went with them too; 
A bride, scarcely more than sweetheart, 'tis true, 
tier young cheek grows pale when the bold tropp.u's 

rid' 
Where the "Black Eagle" soars, she is close ;il Ins 

side. 

She staunches his blood, cools the fever-burnl breath. 
And the wave of her hand stays tin' Angel ol Deal h ; 
She nurses him back, and restors mice again 
To Imtli aritij and state the great leader of men. 
she lias smoothed his black plumes and laid them in 

sh ep 
Whilst the angels above t linn t heir high vigils ke 'p ; 
And she sits there alone, with the snow on her 

brow 
Your cheers for her. Comrades! Three cheers for 

llel now . 
And these were the women who went In the war: 
Thi women ol question; what did tbe\ go for? 



Because in their hearts God had planted the seed 

< )l pity I nr w'ue. and hel p for Ms need ; 

The\ saw. in high purpose, a duly In do. 

And the armor of right broke the barriers through. 

rninvited. unaided, unsanctioned ottimes. 

Willi puss, or without It. they pressed oil the lines; 

I'iiev pressed, they implored, till they ran the hues 

I h rough. 
And that was tin- "running" the men vmv them do. 
'Twas a hampered work, its worth largely lost; 
'Tuns hindrance, and pain, and effort, and cosl : 
I'iiiI through these came knowledge, knowledge is 

powi i. - 
And never again in the deadliest hour 
01 war or oi peace shall we be so besel 
To accomplish tin- purpose our spirits have met. 
And what would they do if war came again ' 
The scarlet cross finals where nil was blank then 
They would pin mi their "brassards" and inarch In 

the tray. 
And the man liveth tint who could say In them nay: 
They would Stand Willi villi now, as (hey s I with 

ynii then. — 
The nurses, consolers, and saviors ol men. 



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